Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road - The Story (From VH1 Storytellers)

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.พ. 2019
  • Bruce Springsteen "Thunder Road": The Story, from VH1 Storytellers
    Listen to your favorite Bruce Springsteen tracks: bspringsteen.lnk.to/toptracksYD
    First aired on VH1 in 2005, this expanded, re-edited version of Bruce Springsteen’s Storytellers performance offers an intimate look at the stories behind songs from Devils & Dust as well as Bruce’s unforgettable songbook.
    Watch the full VH1 Storytellers performance here: bspringsteen.lnk.to/VH1Storyt...
    Subscribe to the Bruce Springsteen TH-cam Channel: Springsteen.lnk.to/ytYD
    Follow Bruce Springsteen:
    Facebook: Springsteen.lnk.to/fbYD
    Twitter: Springsteen.lnk.to/twtYD
    Instagram: Springsteen.lnk.to/igYD
    Website: Springsteen.lnk.to/siteYD
    TH-cam: Springsteen.lnk.to/ytYD
    Lyrics:
    The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
    Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
    Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
    Hey, that's me and I want you only
    Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
    Don't run back inside, darling, you know just what I'm here for
    So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
    Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
    You ain't a beauty but, hey, you're alright
    Oh, and that's alright with me
    You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
    Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
    Waste your summer praying in vain
    For a savior to rise from these streets
    Well now, I ain't no hero, that's understood
    All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
    With a chance to make it good somehow
    Hey, what else can we do now?
    Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
    Well, the night's busting open, these two lanes will take us anywhere
    We got one last chance to make it real
    To trade in these wings on some wheels
    Climb in back, heaven's waiting on down the tracks
    Oh oh, come take my hand
    We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
    Oh oh oh oh, Thunder Road
    Oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road
    Lying out there like a killer in the sun
    Hey, I know it's late, we can make it if we run
    Oh oh oh oh, Thunder Road
    Sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road
    Well, I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
    And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
    From your front porch to my front seat
    The door's open but the ride ain't free
    And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
    But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
    There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
    They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets
    They scream your name at night in the street
    Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
    And in the lonely cool before dawn
    You hear their engines rolling on
    But when you get to the porch, they're gone on the wind
    So Mary, climb in
    It's a town full of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win
    #BruceSpringsteen #Rock #VH1
  • เพลง

ความคิดเห็น • 219

  • @rodger1121
    @rodger1121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    He’s an American treasure. Singer, songwriter, poet, rocker, storyteller. A brilliant mind and a musician for all time.

    • @davidfernandez8515
      @davidfernandez8515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Check his autobiography "Born to run" if you haven't done so yet, it's amazing

    • @jackk7310
      @jackk7310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@davidfernandez8515 Bruce recommends Woody Guthrie’s biography “Woody Guthrie a Life.” It’s also a great read.

    • @jackk7310
      @jackk7310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I always think of Dylan’s “It’s “All Over Now, Baby Blue” when I listen to “Thunder Road.” Not sure exactly the connection other than they’re two of best songs ever written.

    • @Guvna07
      @Guvna07 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He’s a gift to planet earth. I’m English and I’ve listened to him for 40 years. They’ll never be another singer songwriter like the boss. I love him dearly

    • @Chjragdin
      @Chjragdin ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He is the whole world's treasure...music has no boundaries

  • @theTruthLifeNWay
    @theTruthLifeNWay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    The greatest ever single songwriter of all time.
    No one touches the body of work he has
    Or the variants and themes he expresses
    A true Landscape Genius of which we will never see the likes of again.
    And what a human being he is, How beautiful, wonderful and fortunate we are to have him in our time.
    Thank you Bruce
    Thank you Mr Springsteen
    Thank you Boss
    For all that your music has given me in my lifetime so far.

    • @ALE20R
      @ALE20R 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dylan also captured life ..

    • @johnnyM809
      @johnnyM809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agree 100%

    • @mikepeet4493
      @mikepeet4493 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ALE20R he couldn’t perform like Bruce though and he doesn’t have as many good songs in his discography.

    • @ALE20R
      @ALE20R 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chiefline7084 100 % agree .. was listening to BBC desert discs and Led Zepp frontman Robert Plant has Ohio we know it’s an N Young Song (part of CNS&Y) as one of roberts all time favorite songs , capturing life as it was .. which is what N Young does ..

    • @stevewilson6017
      @stevewilson6017 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would say Dylan does,however I love the boss !

  • @mikemasek6249
    @mikemasek6249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    The Born to Run Album was released my senior year in high school. Its songs were my coming of age songs. As an 18 year old, getting ready to leave home for the first time, I felt Thunder Road spoke to me on a deep level... and it still does.
    Thanks, Bruce.

    • @suzyvials319
      @suzyvials319 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It came out when I was 1 but my mother played it throughout my entire life. I worship this man.

  • @mkrbrtsn1
    @mkrbrtsn1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This is like hearing Mozart describing writing Requiem.

  • @gebo1808
    @gebo1808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    1982, my 19 year old self, blasting on my 250 cc Kawasaki through the South fo France, screaming these lyrics into my helmet over and over and over again...

  • @briangarrow448
    @briangarrow448 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This was part of the soundtrack of my youth. I’m a grandpa now and I can’t walk anymore but when I hear your songs, I’m 19 years old and dancing with that pretty girl. Thanks, Bruce.

    • @ObservantHistorian
      @ObservantHistorian 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "The girls in their summer clothes, in the cool of the evening night..."

  • @stevenortiz3718
    @stevenortiz3718 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Bruce captures everyday American life like nobody else does ... as though hes lived everyone of our lives and tells all of our stories ..... hes a beautiful humble guy

  • @LINKEDtheshow
    @LINKEDtheshow 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    My HISTORY of Asbury! I felt it was my home since I was 15. (I'm 65 YIKES) I hung out on the boardwalk. I knew everyone who worked the rides on the bw, casino and the Palace (I have a piece of the wreckage, demolishing it was a very sad time for me & many) I got on any ride I wanted for free. I walked to Asbury everyday. From 5th Ave in Bradley Beach through Ocean Grove over that little bridge where Asbury is. I worked at the casino and convention hall coffee shops (both on opposite sides of Asburys boardwalk) till I was 22! Crazy. When I was 18, I got to know the owners of the whole block from 1st Ave to 2nd Avenue (Golddigger, Mrs. Jay's, and the Stone Pony) I knew a ton of people, at the Goldigger, I was hired as a bookkeeper by Chuck (rip), Harry (manager @ Mrs. Jay's,) I visited Mrs. Jay's often, i would love to hear Harry play the guitar and sing Jimmy Buffet (JB RIP) and I hung out with some friends (to hear Max play) at the Pony, in the 70s when Butch & Jack owned it. no place had cover charges except on the weekend (maybe 2.00) the first time I saw Springsteen was when I was 16 at the Monmouth Arts Center (Count Basey now) I sat upstairs where all the old couches were. It was actually suppose to be a Southside Johnny concert! Southside had strept throat we were told just before Bruce made his entrance sliding more than halfway across the stage on his KNEES! Ronnie Spector came out to do the concert for Southside with Bruce. I had a copy of the white album, and I drew in pen & ink the front cover after the concert. Bruce is a PERFORMER like no other.
    One night I was at the Golddigger, and a bunch of girls' came storming in, "where's JO" (that's me! Lol) they said, " come on, come with us..." all out of breathlike. So, they prodded me along until we came to the Pony, and literally threw me in. The Bouncer gave me one of those little blue cards (get in free cards) and handed me a pen. I HAD NO IDEA what any of this was about! He just kept nodding his head in the direction of the one bar to the left of the door. I hadn't a clue...but there was a newly shaven Bruce Sprinsteen (I never saw him without a beard or offstage) SO, I timidly walked over to this clean shaven Bruce, with a pack of cigs rolled up in his t-shirt(& a huge body guard next to him) and I couldn't EVEN LOOK AT HIM, but I remember like yesterday. I was shaking! And i tiptoed over and then very shyly whispered, "could I have your autograph." He signed the card and gave it back to me. No word came from his lips, but it didn't matter to me. This was before any new stuff came out, I use to listen to him with my headphones (the white album) my dad would ask me, "who u listening to?" I told him, and still he calls him Spruce Grunsteen! Just to make fun of me, of course, and I said, "watch DAD, someday the WORLD would know him." I was RIGHT, who knew! I DID!
    Fast forward, I kept that card with me ALL THE TIME, until one day, I was working at Convention Hall coffee shop, and running snacks and drinks to the pretty new duo show of Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage wrestling opponents. They would yell to the crowd, "BUY SOME STUFF FROM THAT "PRETTY" GIRL!" YIKES! I never thought of myself as pretty! Haha. When I came back to the coffee shop, their were 2 police officers there. I was a little surprised, so when I asked why they were there, I was told one of the cooks left the back door open where all our handbags were. I panicked...I had 350.00 in the purse and my Stone Pony card with Bruce's signature...all gone. I didn't care about the money, just that card. I won't ever forget the day I met him and i was so sorrowful because I lost a piece of my own history.
    The police found our purses, they washed up on the shore, but nothing was in any of them. I felt like I lost it twice!
    The boardwalk was all boarded up soon after and in 2008, I was invited to the casino to do zombie makeup. Every year more & more people came and I would like to think I had a small part in putting Asbury back on the map. We won 2 Guinness worldbook records for having over 10,000 people on the same Asbury Park bw I missed so much! My HOMETOWN, like Freehold is Bruce's, BUT I KNOW HE LOVED ASBURY JUST LIKE MYSELF & MANY. ❤
    Love & Blessings to ALL, JOANNE.

  • @lancegoulet8100
    @lancegoulet8100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I've always thought of the song Thunder Road as being like a sequel to Born to Run.
    To me Born to Run was about teenagers who are getting to that age when their town starts to seem a little too small for them and they know they need to get out, go somewhere and do something to get more out of life. They don't know where to go, or what to do, but they know they need to get out.
    Thunder Road, to me seems like two people who were perhaps high school sweethearts getting together again. They are older, have had failed relationships, perhaps failed marriages, but Mary's old high school sweetheart is back at her door with his dusty old muscle car, and they have a chance to regain the feeling they head when they were younger and maybe a little more naive. They know those feelings won't last, but they can still get away and escape with each other for at least one night.

    • @Luca-zv4ns
      @Luca-zv4ns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think the same about the old high school sweethearts. Lines like “maybe we ain’t that young anymore” makes it sound like they grew up together and found each other again after ageing, and “we’ve got one last chance to make it real” sounds like they can’t leave and rekindle when they’re older like you could at 15-18, this is their final shot. “You ain’t a beauty but hey you’re alright” sounds like they use to joke a lot and be close OR he’s saying she’s aged a few years and isn’t the looker she was in late teens (also in a humorous tone).
      Beautiful interpretation by you, reflects growing up and realising the inevitability of time, wanting to grow up an get out then somewhat regretting letting it happen so fast.

    • @indiefruit
      @indiefruit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Def think it's a more mature and realistic version of Born to Run

    • @arundhawan8574
      @arundhawan8574 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Think of TR as today and the rest of the album as a flashback.

    • @lancegoulet8100
      @lancegoulet8100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arundhawan8574 Glory Days!

    • @dr.scanlan6112
      @dr.scanlan6112 ปีที่แล้ว

      What a beautiful thing to say about an incredible song.

  • @snmthecloser
    @snmthecloser 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The Boss is a uniquely American treasure. He appeared like an apparition out of the early morning Jersey fog some 7 decades ago. Here’s to many more years of health.

    • @deveroth8871
      @deveroth8871 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      he was born in a fucking hospital like everyone else. fuck off with your bullshit hyperbolic nonsense.

    • @no1y354
      @no1y354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@deveroth8871 guess your not Springsteen fan then 🤣

  • @no834
    @no834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for the invite, been with me 48 of my 61 years.My best friend who I've never met, but seen over 50 times live.

  • @micheleatlilacsrust5785
    @micheleatlilacsrust5785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    So glad I accepted the invitation & went along for the ride. You are one of my biggest heroes. Your music gave me a home I definitely feel a part of. It has been one of the best parts of my life. Thank you. Love you forever, Bruce.

    • @clarkstuartau
      @clarkstuartau 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow that rings true

    • @zenbookseries9129
      @zenbookseries9129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Have you seen the movie Blinded by the Light. Check it out I loved it.

  • @peggygibbons479
    @peggygibbons479 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    If you only knew how many times I blasted this song, in my 1979 red on black Z28 Camaro, with the T Tops off. I was The Shit.

    • @jerrythomas608
      @jerrythomas608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you ever get your muffler sniffed in that car?

  • @elizabethsclafani4157
    @elizabethsclafani4157 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just saw Bruce Sept 1st 2023 my 55th time. THIS IS THE BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN ON THE BEST ALBUM EVER CREATED. PERIOD THE END.

    • @Kesteen
      @Kesteen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed. This and Badlands are my two favourite songs EVER. THE BOSS IS THE GOAT.

  • @brucelee03021989
    @brucelee03021989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    He's so humble, loved the Roy Orbison part. Not only a good performer, musician and writer: also a good storyteller! Few of the reasons why we call him the Boss

    • @jessyleppert2
      @jessyleppert2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Roy Orbison was a huge influence on Bruce Springsteen

  • @lesleyvanzyl4333
    @lesleyvanzyl4333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Probably my favourite Bruce song, my one and only favourite artist. His words his music forever in my heart. I know how my mom felt about Elvis. That is Bruce for me

  • @lordemed1
    @lordemed1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Bruce Springsteen is the real deal- great artist, great musician, great guy, great man.

  • @dionmorgan1158
    @dionmorgan1158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    As a teen you gave me hope that there's a better future just waiting for me out there.
    Looking back at nearly 50 now I realized you helped shape me into the man , husband and father I've become. Thankyou Bruce for creating a place where I belong.
    God bless.

  • @triptoevrywhere01
    @triptoevrywhere01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    and this ladies and gentleman is how we write a song

  • @AnthonyRitfw
    @AnthonyRitfw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I never knew my father, but the Boss has been like a musical father to me, he has shown me the value of freedom through his music, and that´s a big thing. Thanks, Bruce!

  • @scottmarshall2232
    @scottmarshall2232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    One of the best songs and lyrics ever written. still touches my heart and never gets old ....thank you Bruce Springsteen....

  • @peggygibbons479
    @peggygibbons479 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Love you so much Bruce Springsteen! Been listening since 1978, saw you 13 times and met you once, for 3 seconds. I wish we could talk for an hour.

    • @maryanderson2279
      @maryanderson2279 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now met I'm so jealous of. I've always wanted to sit down and talk with this man

  • @christopherecatalano
    @christopherecatalano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The greatest opening to the greatest album ever made❤️ Thank you Bruce...back when I needed it most, in a little Hamburger joint in Trail, B.C., “Born to Run” got played on a juke box (my quarter, on my hunch) and changed my life forever and for good. I live to make music, and this is the album that made me drop whatever bullshit I was up to at the moment and commit to becoming a musician. So for the best invitation ever given to me, I thank you from the bottom of my heart...

    • @gbjames64
      @gbjames64 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Get the Born to Run book on audio. It’s way better listening to him narrate it with all the inflections and feelings. Made me cry several times. It’ll speak to you.

    • @christopherecatalano
      @christopherecatalano 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gbjames64 , thank you, I will read it.

  • @mattpianto8617
    @mattpianto8617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The best song ever : thank you mister Springsteen !!!

  • @Golovkin15
    @Golovkin15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The most talented songwriter of all time

    • @PosiXMosh
      @PosiXMosh ปีที่แล้ว

      Hold my beer.
      -prince

  • @w900L
    @w900L 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    “Catholic school, Catholic school, Catholic school”. Good, bad, or otherwise, if you’ve been, you know exactly where he’s coming from. Oh the imagery.

    • @ppumpkin3282
      @ppumpkin3282 ปีที่แล้ว

      Repression needs an outlet.

  • @jayceperlmutter4317
    @jayceperlmutter4317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Chills when Bruce lets loose from deep in his soul - nobody like him to evocate a summer night and the yearning for life - so effing great.

  • @Imadadock
    @Imadadock ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It must be 47 years since I first heard this song & the rest of Born To Run. It certainly was an invitation to love and live his music. Listening to this has just moved me to tears...what a songwriter...what a poet.

  • @allennjete69
    @allennjete69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    At the age of 18 in 2022 I can't believe I am amazed by this may. He motivates me I just love Bruce

  • @grahammccready2647
    @grahammccready2647 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i think if we polled Springsteen fans Thunder Road is polling very high.
    It is my favouritee and that key change made me fall hard for this mans music

  • @djinthemix4066
    @djinthemix4066 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I have 24 years and thunder road is my favourite song!

  • @agunsux
    @agunsux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This deserves million views

  • @3970billbo
    @3970billbo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Jackson Brown, Bob Seger. All use music to tell amazing stories about life in America, but they resonate everywhere. I’m sure there are others (please feel free to add to my list), but I can’t think of any others that do it as well as they do. They paint a picture with their lyrics. When you think of Americana The Boss of the first musician you think of.

    • @stanjhoro
      @stanjhoro ปีที่แล้ว

      Agree with your list of Troubadors add Bob Dylan to the list, Paul Simon, Neil Young (Canadian), Robbie Robertson (Canadian).

  • @stanjhoro
    @stanjhoro ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Genius, say no more.

  • @hermievalencia2445
    @hermievalencia2445 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    guitar is my instrument of deliverance, that's why I'm good ;) and he smile
    gotta love The Boss
    then and now

  • @errol-ih4jy
    @errol-ih4jy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    the Teacher, has just given you a lesson in caring for others through Music, that could saves us all.

  • @alexandraarnold3768
    @alexandraarnold3768 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Love the story's behind Bruce's song. Makes me love the songs even more "if that's possible "🎸❤️got a good sense of humour too 🎸❤️

  • @umitt492
    @umitt492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is the very first Bruce song I heard and fell in love with the music.
    Thanks for the invite Bruce. Been on the ride since 1980.

  • @danlugo4365
    @danlugo4365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The piano intro has that same almost melancholic whimsical beauty of Meatloafs "For Crying Out Loud". Beautiful

    • @peterdarling462
      @peterdarling462 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Roy played piano on 'For Cryin Out Loud'.
      I remember, long before Google and the internet, listening to Bat Out Of Hell thinking how similar the piano style was to Roy's work with the ESB....There's only one Professor

  • @lovingmayberry2000
    @lovingmayberry2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How can I possibly put into words how your music saved me...

    • @mrdv2714
      @mrdv2714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You don’t need too put it into words because we get you, we’ve all been needing saved and his music does this, i was in a mental health ward before christmas and life was very bleak, i was on suicide watch constantly, i never had a phone however i got nurses to bring me a old stereo, and in the old cd collection in there was bruces album i played it none stop really constantly and as much as my partner helped me i was alone until i got this blasting into my ears

  • @momshielynandangelovlogs4768
    @momshielynandangelovlogs4768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bruce , Bruce & Bruce Springsteen. The only rockstar here in my heart since I was 18.

  • @steveiv9250
    @steveiv9250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love Bruce, he keeps it so fucking real !

  • @chrislangley9534
    @chrislangley9534 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To me its got to be up there with the one of the best songs he's ever done what do you think

  • @isabelmorais5504
    @isabelmorais5504 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love, love, love, all these "Storytellers "!...💖💙❤💚💛 we get to know more about Bruce as musician, songwriter and as a person.

  • @staxter6
    @staxter6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In awe, in tears and incredibly grateful to have been alive to witness the Boss.

  • @kevinobrien9626
    @kevinobrien9626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was one of the ones who didn't understand the musical structure of this song (granted, I was maybe 12). I could not get it at first, and it seemed like I never would. I still remember the moment I realized, whoa, this rhymes with that? And this long multisyllabic passage is structured the same as THAT multisyllabic passage? And it fits together, symmetrically and soundly? "The skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets" reminded me of abandoned/stripped cars I'd seen along New Jersey roads as a kid. Unbelievable.

  • @arundhawan8574
    @arundhawan8574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Bruce touches a part of me that no one else can reach. How can someone have so much talent and fame and still be open, honest, and genuine? Love him to bits.

  • @ross798
    @ross798 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To me Thunder Road carried on the same theme as many of his songs do, that often, things in your life don't work out as planned and if you want to have a better life, you are the one who has to make that change. From the broken dreams the wife in Racing in the street to the changes in life from THE RIVER, Thunder Road just always gave me a vision of a young woman who had hopes and dreams coming out of high school that never materialized (your graduation dress...) but there is hope, if you just come with me, we will leave this place and maybe live a better life.
    I had a convertible and would play his live cd as I headed to the Eastern Sierras to go hiking and would drive over passes just under 10,000 feet in elevation, on the side of the Sierra's with very little development, so, no lights. The wind would indeed blow back my hair as I drove under a billion stars that just can't be seen in a city and the warm air and smell of sagebrush are all now embedded in my mind with Springsteen and especially Thunder Road
    And it got me thinking, what was the real purpose of my life and how do I make a difference? So, I went back to school, to become a first responder and hopefully, every so often, I could make a positive difference in somebody's day.
    I am much older now, hair is gone, convertible too, I have retired and I can't hike 14,000 foot mountains and my kids are nearly all grown. But I still take motorcycle rides to the Eastern Sierra's or take the kids on more gentle hikes around there and I point out some of the peaks that dad has hiked to.
    My kids say they miss me singing "those songs" in the car to them and I say, you mean "Springsteen" (ya, I do a pretty good impression, I can carry a tune) and they ask if I have any albums, so I gave them to the kids.
    I hope they too find some meaning to life and the joy of his music.
    And if things are not working out, get in their car and leave, for it's a town full of losers....

    • @TOM_OUTDOORS
      @TOM_OUTDOORS ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤❤Love this. Me and my girlfriend listen to this when I pick her up in my car and we head off for a long hike and a camp together. The best of times.

  • @Jmatt455
    @Jmatt455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'd love to hear the original longer version before it was edited down for the album. The only problem with great songs is you don't want them to end.

    • @TheMagicRat
      @TheMagicRat ปีที่แล้ว

      May I suggest listening to Wings for Wheels, live at the Main Point (2/5/1975)? There's also an outtake from Born to Run called Walking in the Street (Lovers in the Cold) which is basically the outro of Thunder Road crossed with the story of Meeting Across the River. Both are excellent to see Bruce's process at work, he kept refining until he got the album down to those 8 tracks.

  • @abrahamkennedy652
    @abrahamkennedy652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love his approach to VH1 storytelling.

  • @gerardchalonsfont2520
    @gerardchalonsfont2520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So nice how Bruce tells this story. I accepted the invitation many years ago, to listen to your songs and learn from you. As a musician and as a person.

  • @ObservantHistorian
    @ObservantHistorian 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A true artist. I've been following him his entire career. First saw him on the Born to Run tour, at Oswego College in NY. Must have been 1974. Have seen him several times since.

  • @johnmccann8319
    @johnmccann8319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great to hear him letting everyone in,explaining each moment of the song.Not just any Singer Songwriter would do that.👌💚

  • @snoordman4831
    @snoordman4831 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My favorite! So much emotions are felt when this sounds trough the speakers..

  • @tschale22
    @tschale22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh my goodness... how much I love this guy

  • @shellythom7248
    @shellythom7248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ultimate favorite song. I always took it to being young and going to make something of your life breaking free chase your dreams and leave what all teens or young adults complain about but then look at with nostalgia later in life LOL

  • @donellefeltham
    @donellefeltham 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simply wonderful, there never will be another Bruce Springsteen, Why because he is totally unique. 🎼♥️🇦🇺💋🇺🇸

  • @richardpetty6088
    @richardpetty6088 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    True classic great lyric
    Its a town full of losers im pulling out of here to win

    • @timhovey6847
      @timhovey6847 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's not the lyric, but it is a good one

    • @richardpetty6088
      @richardpetty6088 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@timhovey6847 so i missed a and

  • @maryanderson2279
    @maryanderson2279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Saw this when it first aired on VH1, but too much Bruce is never enough!

  • @lesleyvanzyl4333
    @lesleyvanzyl4333 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He explains it as a 'simple invitation', and yet the wealth of emotions just coming out of the words and the song is inexplicable to those who don't feel it in their bones when they hear this song. This song encompasses so much emotion, i guess that is what timeless music is

  • @joshsheff7189
    @joshsheff7189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much Bruce for posting this.
    I didn't see it love, and I had a scratchy VHS version my uncle gave me. And I loved this version.
    I lost it in a house move 5 years ago.
    This has brought so so much joy to me. Not only seeing it again, but seeing it in quality.
    Thank you. 😍

  • @stellamonnier6062
    @stellamonnier6062 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cet homme...sa vie...sa musique...son style... Un vrai chef d'oeuvre 🙏💓💓

  • @wworld00
    @wworld00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is so good. I keep watching it over and over.

    • @Luca-zv4ns
      @Luca-zv4ns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think I’ve seen this an unhealthy amount of times - but there’s always something new that resonates with me

  • @caroleappling2007
    @caroleappling2007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it touches me, makes me cry....i'm still traveling down the road.

  • @febechtold
    @febechtold ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He is so brillant!

  • @kathleenomeara9704
    @kathleenomeara9704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a great message for graduations of senior classes of 2021..
    the pandemic graduates..

  • @sladjanaristic6405
    @sladjanaristic6405 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maestralno kralju. Tvoj šarmantno preslatki osmeh i božanstveni glas, pa od toga Brus boli glava. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @charlesoshea4803
    @charlesoshea4803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THIS song...and Racing In The Streets....

  • @vsibirsky
    @vsibirsky ปีที่แล้ว

    why did I start to cry during this video? Anyone else? I remember first time I heard it , when this album was released. It was the tune that made me cry back then, too.

  • @arottie4097
    @arottie4097 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    W0W!

  • @laurentpicherie7763
    @laurentpicherie7763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    J ai moi même chercher ma route .,...avec Bruce a met côté hoooooo thunder road tu fait partie de ma vie depuis 35 ans je suis en paix avec moi même tu a était ma thérapie ....je t'aime mon Bruce ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @donatellapoma6042
    @donatellapoma6042 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Boss the King the Bruce Springsteen the Superman❗🎖🥉🏆🏅🥇❤❤❤❤🎶🎵🎹🎸🎤🎻👌👍👑👑👑

  • @cherylkennedy518
    @cherylkennedy518 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey you aint a beauty but hey you're alright is a top 10 lyric of all time

  • @DAVID-fh5ck
    @DAVID-fh5ck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    His best song ever!

  • @paulchisholm3305
    @paulchisholm3305 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice to hear artists tell us about their thoughts on how a song came to pass.......especially this guy. The man is a masterpiece in himself! Thanks Bruce, you have kept me company since 1985........a true companion through life!

  • @DAVID-fh5ck
    @DAVID-fh5ck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What poetry!

  • @marisaenguixferragud8372
    @marisaenguixferragud8372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    La canción más bonita del mundo#the best LOVE song ...la cante Bruce como quieraa

  • @daisyb8475
    @daisyb8475 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favourite song of all time ❤️😍

  • @johnfahy7646
    @johnfahy7646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A rock masterpiece

  • @allencollins6031
    @allencollins6031 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Introversion is painful....but what it can create....damn.

  • @mmedlen1
    @mmedlen1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We’ll Bruce, this is where I began to hear your music. Dedicated to Jim Medlen. Sr.

  • @sheiladuckworth180
    @sheiladuckworth180 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love this thank you Bruce great song

  • @scottmattern3437
    @scottmattern3437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is exactly why there is only one Bruce. The thematic elements in modern songs are a thing of the past. No one writes an opus like this anymore. Such a shame actually that a song today cannot transform me to a time, a place, a feeling, an emotion or a headspace of imagination. Last of the poets he is.

  • @Soxittome
    @Soxittome ปีที่แล้ว

    Im just going to tell my story. I miss my Dad, he was a big part of me wanting to share Music and getting me into the scene.
    I remember me my dad and mom breaking into the V.I.P section to see Bruce Springsteen at the Casino in New York and they didn't ask to see our tickets and the security guys like you have V.I.P. I said no. Security was like right this way. Im like where? Haha..then went to leave the V.I.P, watched bruce Springsteen on stage for free and he played Thunder road as we left. It was amazing. My dad was amazing at guitar. It won't ever be the same without him.

  • @shadeydude6678
    @shadeydude6678 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nothing Left But The Ride… Amazing !!!!

  • @vasopapadopoulou5145
    @vasopapadopoulou5145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love you Bruce

  • @jeffwasilko5885
    @jeffwasilko5885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Awesome" show on CD...Beautiful stories from a Great Storyteller!

  • @jeanpierrerigaud4028
    @jeanpierrerigaud4028 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    On lui
    Pardonne
    Je lui pardonne tout
    Je ne Suis objectif
    ❤ quel morceau

  • @marcovaldo74e5
    @marcovaldo74e5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Legendary!!!!!!!

  • @doc145
    @doc145 ปีที่แล้ว

    For me it was “it’s a town full of losers and I’m pulling outta here to win”. For everyone there is a time in life when you face disappointment or adversity and it’s those that can push through it that will be successful.

  • @kevinobrien9626
    @kevinobrien9626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The entire song is an effort to persuade her. It is left to the listener to decide whether she says yes.

  • @jansprlak4157
    @jansprlak4157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beta tester od roku 2016 oceňujem🍀🍀🍁💖💖💝

  • @cindysmith6571
    @cindysmith6571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Another awesome upload! Thanks so much!

  • @hermievalencia2445
    @hermievalencia2445 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    how lovely :) I welcome the idea of better... everything
    better life, etc...
    it's an invitation...
    very very interesting interpretation
    thank you Bruce
    wonderful as alwzys

  • @DAVID-fh5ck
    @DAVID-fh5ck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His best song ever! WOW

  • @garethwilkinson3456
    @garethwilkinson3456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great to see the background. Charming. Well done, the Boss.

  • @kenbrackett9662
    @kenbrackett9662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The absolute best !

  • @mauriziotortelli7300
    @mauriziotortelli7300 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sicuramente la canzone che amo di più di tutta la storiografia di Bruce....passato presente e futuro

  • @boz8622
    @boz8622 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    mary's dress SWAYs

  • @normankluhs9967
    @normankluhs9967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love this song